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Closing the gate : race, politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act /

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which barred practically all Chinese from American shores for ten years, was the first federal law that banned a group of immigrants solely on the basis of race or nationality. By changing America's traditional policy of open immigration, this landmark legisla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gyory, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1998]
Colección:Immigration law & policy in the U.S.
UNC Press law publications.
Civil rights and social justice.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo